dogs!!!!!!

These dogs like to sleep on things that are actually meant for humans. Uglily, they sleep with their eyes somewhat open. Charlie in particularly is not very trusting, especially when conversation turns to Millie's exceptional beauty and pristine behaviour. Can behaviour be pristine? I doubt it, says Charlie.

There are two crazy white cats in our area. One is an old sow of a cat, that meanders around without any idea of life's purpose. A few days ago I heard him/her meowing like a cow that wanted milking and I looked over the back fence. He (feels like a he) was powering across a yard making this relentlessly awful mooing noise. He is largely white but he has bits of orange on him like someone started to colour him in but got sick of it, or, it was mainly washed off. Charlie was into seeing what was going on so I picked her up so she could see over the fence. When he saw Charlie he stopped, even his tail stopped in mid-wag. She was pretty into him but was also just excited about anything that could possibly be seen over the back fence, like you saw heaven.

The other cat is a petite little pretty thing. I see it sometimes sitting up the back part of the garden. Also saw it on another house's roof this morning. Gets around. Doesn't have a yellow ribbon but looks like it should.

The dogs are getting on alright with Bela these days. The most intimate contact is the occasional moment when they will bury their noses in his fur and sniff him aggressively - deep breaths, more an inhale than a sniff, a 'stealing your soul' kind of procedure. I am sure it's gross for him. But he has a pretty good life.